Name: Reputations
SKU: 49044836
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Author: Juan Gabriel Vasquez
ISBN: 9780735216860

Type

Physical Book

Author

Juan Gabriel Vasquez

Publisher

Riverhead

Year

2017

Language

English

Pages

208

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780735216860

Synopsis "Reputations "

A brilliant novel about the power of politics and personal memory from one of South America's literary stars, the New York Times bestselling author of The Sound of Things Falling.Javier Mallarino is a living legend. He is his country's most influential political cartoonist, the consciousness of a nation. A man capable of repealing laws, overturning judges' decisions, destroying politicians' careers with his art. His weapons are pen and ink. Those in power fear him and pay him homage.After four decades of a brilliant career, he's at the height of his powers. But this all changes when he's paid an unexpected visit from a young woman who upends his sense of personal history and forces him to re-evaluate his life and work, questioning his position in the world.In Reputations, Juan Gabriel Vásquez examines the weight of the past, how a public persona intersects with private histories, and the burdens and surprises of memory. In this intimate novel that recalls authors like Coetzee and Ian McEwan, Vásquez plumbs universal experiences to create a masterful story, one that reverberates long after you turn the final page.Named a Best Book of the Year by the New York Times, Newsweek, the Guardian, and Kirkus

Juan Gabriel Vasquez

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(Bogotá, 1973) is the author of the short story collections Los amantes de Todos los Santos and Canciones para el incendio (Biblioteca de Narrativa Colombiana Award) and the novels Los informantes, Historia secreta de Costaguana, El ruido de las cosas al caer (Alfaguara Award, Gregor von Rezzori-Città di Firenze Award, The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), Las reputaciones (Royal Spanish Academy Award, Archbishop Juan de San Clemente Literary Award, Casa da América Latina Award in Lisbon), La forma de las ruinas (Casino da Póvoa Literary Award) and Volver la vista atrás (Mario Vargas Llosa Biennial Novel Award). Vásquez has also published two collections of literary essays, El arte de la distorsión and Viajes con un mapa en blanco, and a brief biography of Joseph Conrad, El hombre de ninguna parte. He has translated works by Joseph Conrad, Victor Hugo, and E. M. Forster, among others. He has won the Simón Bolívar National Journalism Award twice. In 2012, he won the Roger Caillois Award in Paris for his body of work. In 2016, he was named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic, and in 2018 he received the Order of Isabel la Católica. His books are published in 30 languages. He is a columnist for the Spanish newspaper El País.

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